Saturday, October 24, 2009

It's that time of the year again, the off season. It a bitter sweet time of the year where I am glad the season is over but hate there are no contests...I know I'm F'ed in the head. This year I actually have some things to occupy my passion for competition. This is the year of the biggest loser competition. Myself and seven other eaters have begun a 12 week diet to not only shed weight but hopefully make us better eaters in the end by losing body fat and becoming healthier. I am going to follow up with all of them and see if they mind if I use there actual names and weights. I hope you will follow along and help cheer us along...or at least get a good chuckle at a bunch of fat guys who love food try losing weight.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

For just about as long as I can remember, I've had beans on thebrain. Let me clarify, since my second Wing Bowl stunt I've wantednothing more than to try and break good ole Dale Boone's pork and beanrecord. Not because I don't like Dale (even though I don't), not towipe his name from any record the IFOCE recognizes (I eventuallywill). But because I really like the idea of trying to put my namenext to a record. Something I could tell my Grand kids about...

Next Wednesday at 8:00 I will get a chance to break his record, on a local Philadelphia radio show. The Preston and Steve show on 93.3 wmmr, will have Steakbellie and myself in the studio to attempt this and another stunt (I will not divulge Steakbellies stunt). I have tried to contact Dale to let him know I would be attempting his record, I'm not even sure why I tried. But it just felt like the right thing to do, like when you ask a woman's father for her hand in marriage. Maybe I'm looking into this more than I need to. Unfortunately and I assume par for the course I got no reply from him, I'm sure I'll hear a bunch of crap after from him, which reminds me why I want to remove his name from the record books and the black mark he has left on more than one Competitive eating group.

I can not express how excited and nervous I am about getting this chance. But with a little luck and a few more good training runs, I'll be one step closer to having a great story to tell my Grand kids....